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the third reading of the Bill for licensing the New Theatre at Kamsgate, dr. BUTTERWORTH Moved as an amendment, that the slll be read a thild time this day six months. After a few word* from Mr. BERNALL, Mr. Alderman WOOD, and Sir E. KITATCHiII Lt., the amendment was negA . • Lived without a division.—The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. • . .• ' '-',' -.- '.- - ''.' . MALT. Sir E. ENATCHBULL presented:a petition from the In habitants of the West Riding of Kent, praying for a reduction in the duties 'upon Malt.-Ordered to he on the table. DEBTOR AND atuDrroa BILL. • - - Mr. J. SA' ITH'presented a Petition from certain bankers in London, praying fear un - alteration in the Debtor and Creditor Law. The lion. Meinber stated, that in consequence of the late failures there was a aunt of not less than from six to eight millioni manpletely lacked ep front the creditors of the beek . rupts, whiek, could not he distributed, in discharge of their ' debt*, in a shorter splice than that of four months, as the law stood at present. hit apkoved of the principle ore Bill intro. duced by his Hon. Friend (Mr. Brighti in the year 11117, and ' thought its epplieation was most necessary at present. Mr. BRIGHT was anxious for the rapid enactment of the .. i will alluded to. , Alderman BRIDGES would also wish to see the Bill pass ' - into a law. Mr. ELLIS had some doubts of the utility of carrying into effect the principle of the Hon. Aiember's Bill, that of appoint ' - ingtrustees , for the property of the creditor. The experimeut had been tried In Ireland, and litigation was ever the 'conse quence of this trusteeship. Ile, however, trusted, .that the in. ' convenience of the Irish Bill would be avoided in this. .After a few words from Mr. Locititen.T, the petition was laid on-the table. scoTen BANKING • SYSTEM: ' ' .Mr. W. DUNDAS presented petitions from two Corpora. done -of Scotland, against any alteration in the Banking System. Ordered to lie on the table. SLAVF.S. - Mr. F. BUXTON moved that a return be laid before the House of the number of Slaves captured and taken to the Syclieles ; their names and sex ; also the names of the ships in which they were taken ; the number and names of those who were brought to trial for violating the law in respect to the ..-trade ; the verdicts returned against them, and the punishments intlicted.—Agreed to. UNION SOCIETIES. Mr. FLEMING . presented a petition from the Members of -General Benefit Soc i eties in Portsea, against any alteration In the Jaw, by which these bodies were at present regulated.—Or. .tiered to lie on the table: Air. P. CORBET presented petitions from the inhabitants of • Shrewsbury, and from the clergy andgentry of the parish of ' „Newport, inthecottnty of Salop, ;preying fur the abolition of ' elavery---Ordered to lie on the table, Air. A. CAMPBELL presented a petition from the Magis trater, and Burghers , of Lauder, against any alteration in the ' ' Scotch , syStem of Currency.---Read and laid on the table. ' ' Mr. HONE Y WOOD, presented petitions against Slavery ' . front 'Tunbridge, Tunbridge , Wells, and Sutton, in the county • 'of sustmex,r—Rod, and ordered to' be printed. r , ' Mr. "S:•'.4 7 •PKTLEr presented a' etition fr om Cu par Angus, .. '}, 46ijiiit:a0014040 1 1 in the Uurrencref Scotland.—head, and ii4-44..140pii tbeisbiot ' ' . . I".tyt. 9 '' 'Lord F. OSBORNE preitented a petition from the county '-' ' r1:91, ':qtlitidge, against Slitvery.e.Reati, and ordered to lie on t !,41 - tti le., i _ - , ' • • ' 71;,;; i..',,,cAlArtitT presented it similar petition from Hod. l a t or -4. 14 - : lip, Hertfordishire. • . '• . , "' ' 40,e1W,91)ElIOVSE presented a similar petition from e, Out rwoldslngauffolk , .They Were both read, and laid on the table. Air., Ai A CQIJEEN presented a petition from the Coronae of Bedfordshire, praying tin increase in , their allowance.:—head ' 4 4l4Xeilered to ..be z refereed to the Comtirittee on County Rates. Mr. LINDSAY presented petitions from Dundee, from "'• Perth, from St, Andretv's, and from Cu par ion, against any ' alteration hi flue system of the Scotch Currency.--Dead, and „ordered -to lietne the table.. : -., ~,;1 .11.1i.' , LINDSAYerresteittel a petition against Slavery from ~•- , eVellteitie.'-eißead,..and laid pat the table. Mr. ESTCOUWL' presented u petition from certain indi -.•:a p,;rviduals, iilto witteeising die continual accidents which arose -. r4roth Vehicles being driven in the dark. humbly suggested the ..propriety of rne enactment to compel the drivers, to light 1 ' , lamps, or to carry eantilem in their hands.—(Great laughter.)-1 'Tee petition was read, and laid on the table. . . SCOTCH CURRENCY. Lord A. II A Ai lI,TON presented a petition front the county - .. Of. Latterk, against any aiteretion in the Paper Currency of -Scotland: Ile contended t h at the respectability of the pet'- , tioners, and the gener a l u n a ni m i t y o f S cot l an d on t h e su bj ect , merited .the attention of the House. .., 11t r. MONT EITII. supported the pr a y e r o f t h e p et i t i on . M r..A 11E11(310111111' expressed but surprise at the state. meta* of the Noble Lord, and (Jr .several other Members from • scotiand, which fteern(,(l to state that S c otl a nd cou ld not p rocee d I ' without . ts pve,elit currency. : Those petitions were from select twines of individuals, tithl'entilti not, theretbre, be stated to c on . ..rain. thOoPinions , of tlib' people. The pc.ople bed Riven no opt. nice) on the subject, with‘the exception of one meeting in Edw. burgle ~,. .. - Dlr. W. DIINDAS protested against the declaration of the Hon, and Leertiedetentletnan; that the Scotch people had pro - notinced no opinion on the subject. They had ; and the Mem bers for Scotland kOCW that they had. • Alr. Bi4LlClell'ecommended the propriety of caution in any enacttpeut which thellouee might propose. Alr.,..WsllllTii bore testimony tattle good character of the sotocgankyrs. , , . . Mr, I'M 414,1,Nr, said, that although there should be a At,. • rain V l /01 , ,.40114401 tiOtlitted 4 of . the unanimity of all the 1 .4 9 vole m. wiptvour of the existing system, those Members , . W,,(!. •90 ,14PWIX411; the. expediency of returning to a metallic air An g' to tintelered, could not refuse to support it in Scot., mi. . 11. DifUSAIONE) spoke -in favour of a Committ ee to in, vestitote the subject fully, in order that the true state of the tnmter might be.known. , • Mr. II . t.i URNE, V was understood to say, that he thought that it Would he utivisuble for the Chancellor of the Exchequer m pe4tpl►tte. the regulation • of the whole system of tile currency u Oil next *Seipp. In conseqnenee of the Right lion. Gentle • iettn haVing contemplated the introduction of the measure into Scethind amid Ireland, the diflicultiev.which h a d oc curre d m i g h t . ipra ye the obtaining ot gold sufficient to answer the exigencies at' a 11...,. ,Cef,..:O,IINSON was understood to state, that he c ou ld see n 4 'reason. why *toy individual of the people of Scotland should le accused of Preferring /cone pound.note to a sovereign. Mr. BARING, in it low tone, contended, that a Committee, :to inveittigate the afters of private banks, would be an intolera ble riteaeure.! • - . , • • The,CIIANCEI4I.4OI4 of the 'EXCHEQUER rose to ob. serve,, that he bad not stated it to, be his intention to p ro p ose t h e ' •inipoliutrient of a Ceitimittee to examine the solvency of any private honks, atty t such a Immure would be obviously an its. proper one. 'rite object of the Committee which he should pro pose was, to decide 'whether. the continuance of the small notes m i.icotland-would, after: a due examination of all the peculiari ties connected with the case of Scotland, be advantageous to it, and to decide whether he was to yield hie opinions to the wishes expressed by the individuals of that kingdom, or they were to adopt. hie slows upon hiashewing that they were right. ' Air. HUME said, that he would prefer to see England adopt the plan praCtieed fp Seotiantl, rether titan Scotland should fol/ow in ' the wake'of England. lie' could not but observe to his Hort, Friend the Alember fin. Caine, that there had been verioes popular meetings in Scotland, at which the people had tlc`:'.hled upon the propriety of supporting their present system. Ire had presented a preSent from Aberdeen, agreed to at a pub. lie meeting. Alr f 4BE acno mBY explained: . Ile had' not been aware Of that meeting et Aberdeen t • but though it might be said, that there had been:various other public meetings, he did not t•ll4* the Peoldn of Scotland averse to the best principles of banking. ..olmas . . . Mr. 'VV. D and Mr. AIII4IICROMIY mutually ex plained. The petition was then read, and ordered to be printed. ' ' The LOR I) A1)1'1)C A 'l' I:I presented a petition. from Wig tom), against any alteration in the present system Of Banking in sentletee..-Ortlered to lie on the table. Mr. HUME presented a similar petition from Montrose.— Ordered to lie on the table, ...6 r F. OXIAIANEY presented m , a petition from cert a i n , fur_ end other inhabitants the county of Leitritn, In favour . of Clitigrqt lOU. —Ordered to lie on, the t a bl e . . Sir' t. WILSON moved for Returns of the Writs hunted- to the Sheriffs of Surrey during the lust five years, with the pound,. age paid thereon ; also for an Account of th e ixpences charged by the Cotnniissieners of Bankrupta, during time same period:— .Ordin'etf. ' ' Al r. it UM VI moved thr Returns of all Crown Debtors at pre. sent in confinement; also an Account of Promotions in the N e v e .-...Ordered. CASE OF MR. THOMPSON. Me, ULlAlE.seiti he had been-requested, in the sbsence of a NOhle Lard, who had brought the subject before the Houlse on petition from an individual of e ye f ul/me occasion', to preient a e b e name d Thompson, who complained, that in consequence of cflanges in the currency he hadibeen reduced Roma state of ai i imce 1„, the greatest distress. kite Bon. Meaier read se. vent! , extracts from the petition, which stated that the petit ioner ,f4, ex i es witij a m Thompson, had at one time been in possession h in consequence of a change in time of 300,0001. Consols, whiz-. • etweney, I e was obligee'. to sell, out at a con s i d era bl e pas..-- ~,,,,.- ,1 had subsequently experienced other severe losses, all of which he attributed to the change in the currency. lie was now reducedlo great distress, and he prayed the House to take his case into consideration, and save him from impending ruin.— The Hon. Member concluded by saying, that however much he might deplore the distrait& of, the petitioner, he could not concur in his prayer, and he really did not see how the House cool afford hint any relief. After a few words from Mr. 0. Rose and Mr. Mostcx, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. SYKES presented a Petition from the candle-makers of Edinburgh, praying for a reduction of the duty on ta110w...- Ordered to be printed. Mr. MA BERLV moved for Returns of the Gross and Net Amount of the Revenue, arising from Customs, Excise, Stamps, and Post-office Duties, for the first nine weeks of the Eears.lo2s and 1826; also fora Return of the Balan ces i n th e xchequer ,on the sth January, 1825, with an account of the I Payments and Receipts on the sth January, 18`26; together with an account of Cash Transactions and Balances in hand during the latter period. ' Lord J. RUSSELL presented a Petition from Huntingdon .against Negro Slavery.— Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from the Inhabitants of Coolagh, in the county of Limerick, in favour of emigration to the Colonies.—Ordered to lie on the table. Mr. S. RICE presented a Petition from J. Alartin, of Cork, praying, us we understood, form alteration in the laws relative topnWnbrokiog. • The Honourable Member also presented a Petition from Thomas Planagan k of Sligo, the purport of which we could not catch. • Lord NuGgyr g loved folsßeturns of the Salaries paid to the Governor, Lieutedant-Qovernor, Chief Justices of the Courts of King's Bengt anti. Common Pleas, the President of the Slave Courts, Attorney and Solicitor-General, Clerks of the Arraigns, and of cera for the impannelling of Juries in the Island of Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, distinguishing the salaries, fees, and emoluments which they received from this country, from the salary, fees, and emoluments whi c h they derived from th e C o l on i a l Legislature, and specifying the fundlOggrom which the former salaries, &e. arise.—Ordered; EM 'O RA TION. Mr. WILMOT HOUTON in moving for an appointment of a Select Committee on the subject of Emigration to the Canadas, begged to preface his motion with a few words in ex. planation. The House voted on a former occasion the sum of bO,OOO/. to this object, and in consequence thereof, In the year 1823, five hundred and sixty-eight persons, men, women, and- children, were sent out at an expence of 221. a head, and settled on the allotted ground in tipper Canada. In 1825, two thousand and twenty-four persona, men, women, and children, were sent also from Ireland, at an expence which was not yet correctly ascertained, but which would certainly not exceed the former estimate. Calculating from the expences on both occasions, it wo u ld app e ar t h at the sum for each person, would not exceed 204 And it would be rt source of great satis faction to the supporters of the measure, that all accounts hitherto received from the emigrants of 1823, represented the experiment as completely successful. The- details would he found, at length, in the Appendix to the Reports of this sub ject, of 1823 and 1825. .From both it was evident that the ex periment 0f1823 had fully succeeded, and that the experiment of 1825 was in a process of success, as ta r as information had yet been received. The lion. Gentleman read extracts , from several documents, by which it appeared that the emigrants of 1823 had settled in Upper Canada with great advantage. to themselves, and prospect of future prosperity ; and he con trasted their accounts with the evidence given before Com. mittees of the House last year, 'Mewing the state of wretched ness and misery in which the peasantry were in those parts of Ireland from whence the emigration was encouraged. And he then put it to the House if it was not a ,wise and benevolent mei.. sure to encourage a plan by which, in so short a time, by a transfer from one country to another, so many persons were changed from a condition of wretchedness and poverty to corns parative comfort and ludependence. He wished the House to understand, that the experiment was made more for the ,benefit of others than as a guide to Government in following up the plan . and with the same understanding, h e w as o f opin i on that the most effectual way to put the House and the public in possession of facts, would be to appoint a Committee to investi gate the subject. The Right lion. Gentleman then referred to the opinions delivered by Mr. M'Culloch on the subject be fore a Committee of tine House. He maintained that great advantages would be derived from emigration, as it tended to reduce crime by carrying off superabundant population and created colonies, with whom we could deal on more advanta.. geous terms than with other nations. The Right Gentle man concluded with moving for the appointment of a select Committee to inquire Into the expediency of encouraging emi. gration from the United Kingdom. Mr. HUME said he should not oppose the motion, as he' never was adverse to inquiry ; but he was satisfied that when the subject was inquired into, the report of the Committee would be against the Government expending money in sending people abroad. %%quit he had said before, he now repeated, that it never would answer, and was against all principle to incur an expence at the rate of one hundred pounds per family, to send a poor peasant front Ireland to any part of the world. ...Give but that one hundred pounds to the poor peasant, in Ireland, and you would establish him happy and corotbrtie tile with his family. The opinions of .Islr. Macculloch M inn at all support the oltimate extension of this plan of': gration. On the contrary, he recollected himself putting the question to Mr. liKulloch—Whet number do you consider would really do good in the situation in which Ireland is placed P---would' 100,000 men, taken from Ireland, he of any consequence to relieve the distress P---No. 500,000? That might have some effect, becauke, unless you prevent re production, in two years you would have the same number again. When the proper time came, be should support the opinions be had hitherto experienced, bu t t . t throw the scuellest objection in the way of the motion. Mr.. S. RICE supported the motion. Mr. BERNAL said it was a very serious objection that emi grants, beyond the expences of transit, found a difficulty in providing means to pay the fees to the local Government abroad. Ho wished to know whether these difficulties were to be done away with. ' Mr. W. HORTON said that those fees were abolished; the system wits entirely changed, and there were now no impedi ments whatever. All these matters would be brought before the Cominittee Mr. Alderman WOOD said, that if the Right 'Hon. Gen tleman wanted emigrants, there were thousands of persons in the city of London who would consider themselves most happy to emigrate at the rate of 221., or a larger sum. Ile would give him ten persons a day for the next ten or twelve months, who would be happy to try their fortunes in erni tol_q!on. The Committee was then agreed to. It consisted, among others, of Air. Plunkett, Lord John Russell, Mr. Sturges Bourne, Mr. John Smith, Mr. Fitzgerald, Sir John Nicholas Colthurst, Lord Palmerston, Lord Althorp, Mr. J. S. Wortley, Mr. Frankland Lewis, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Dawson. Flt NDLY S. Mr. COURTENA IE Y moved fur leave to CIETIES bring . in a Bill to constitute into one law s i x or seven statutes wh ich had been passed respecting Friendly Societies; and to Introduce sundry amendments. lie did not think it necessary to occupy the house by going into the subj e ct; as h e did not expect the slightest opposition to the measure. The amendments would be needy In the spirit of the exi s tin g laws. sir GEORGE Cif ETWYNDE seconded the motion. If benefit Societies were to be sanctioned and supported, the rules should, in his opinion, be better defined, and it should be de dared by Act of Parliament, whether the Magistrates had or bad not the power to amend or reject the rules. The revision and consolidation of the statutes on this subject would be be. neficial, but be thought saving banks were preferable to these societies—leave was given to bring in the Dill. POOR RATES. Mr. WODEHOUSE, in moving fora return similar to that made by order of the !louse on the lith of March, 104 ilia. five to the amount of the assessment or poor and county rate for the year ending the 25th of Alarch, 1420, declared that he had been induced to move for an inquiry into the subject, as 111. 1 timately connected with the proposed inquiry into the present system of the Corn Laws ; and feeling that it was the real amottnt and relative pressure of these burdens that might fairly considered, not as a reason for enhancing the price of corn upon the people to an exnavagant prico, but of excluding thy, corn (Other countries from entering into a competition svitli the corn of our own growth, as an article of general barter. Ile next adverted to' the, several Comm!ttees that had sat upon the sub ject of the poor rate returns, in one of which, viz. in 11125, return had been moved for by the lion. Member fur \Vora• of the Nan! total l e vi e d, ten Bassett, requiring nn account distinguishing the amount of the assessment-Ist, on land; ,2d, on houses ; 3d, on all buildings occupied us mills, titcto , . rice and oa land occupied for purposes of trade, and not for agricultural purposes ; 4th, fir manorial profits, fines, quar.. rks, mines, Iron works, canals, &c. which was as follows Ist. Sums assessed on land - - - • X 4,602,252 2d. On dwelling houses, including hospitals and colleges 3d. On all buildings used for purposes of trade, and not Mr agricultural purposes 4th. On Manorial profits, &c. 1,7E2,950 247,399 90,908- Total J. 11,703,499 Mr. G. PHILLI PS adverted to the system provailing, in many countieb, lit paying very small wages to the agricultural labourer, sad malting up his means of living out of the poor's rate. As we understood the Hon. Member, tic condemned this system, and wished it altered. Mr. MONO( fully agreed in desiring to put down the sys tern under which labourers in health and in work were allowed relief from their parish. In many places he knew It to be the fact, that the greater farmers hired labourers as low as three shillings a week; and sent them regularly for assistance,, cording to the extent of their families, to the 'overseers. — The effect of this course was, that the shopkeeper, the privet! gentleman, and the clergyman, paid the difference (for the farmer's benefit) between the wages which' he gave his servant and the sum upon which that servant could live. And this was not the worst, for the system went farther—the great farmer who enjoyed this advantage, drove the small farmer out of the market. A man who held sixty or seventy acres only of land, which he cultivated with-his, own hands, .or with the assistance of his family, was not only compelled to put his own labour, and that of ;is sons, upon a par with the cheap labourer employed by the large farmer, but actually to pay, parochially, for the support of those very cheap workmen by whose assistance his rich neighbour was underselling hint in the market. Ile (Mr. Monck) believed decidedly that the poor's rate, as it stood, was an immense advantage to the land. Mr. JOHN SAIITH concurred entirely in the view orthe lion. Member for Berkshire ; but he believed that the practice of paying labourers by parochial relief, was not only a gross aimse, but a course totally illegal. He himself had a property in Sussex, upon which every labourer received an allowance from the parish. There was a mode, however, of dealing with this custom —an appeal from the rate—to which, if gentlemen would once determine to resort, there would very speedily be an end to it. Upon the Sussex property of which he spoke, he (Mr. Smith) did not reside, and therefore he could not appeal ; but he would care, and that very quickly, that somebody else should. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said, that. unfortunately, a sue. cesaful appeal cost the appellant about 401. The subject was a very important one, and he wished that . the Hon. 11ember would be content with his return down to somewhat an earlier date than was proposed, as it might then come before Parlia ment in the course of the present Session. Mr. WODEHOUSE was still prepared to maintain that the great burden of parochial relief rested upon the landed interest. —To prove this, only let the House observe the comparative amounts paid by the land and by the trading property, with the numbers of hands employed on each, in different counties.- - The Hon. !Member then stated the results, which appear in the following table :—There were in Lancashire.-162, 2 7employed in fart ► ili es trade • 22,723 families employed in agricult ure ; total amount of charge, 1823, 326,4771. ; of which 157,7901. charged on land, 49,3751. on trade. West Riding of Yorkshire.-108,841 families employed in trade; 31,613 in agriculture • total amount of charg e , 281,9681. —185,6681. charged on land, 21,8261. on trade. Statfordshire.-42,425 families employed in trade; 10,285 In agriculture ; total charge, 1 40,2571..-99,7131. land, 6,0211. trade. Warwickshire. --39,189 families employed in trade'; 16,779 In agriculture total charge, 1 39,6661.--D9,7251. land, 9,6181. -.trade. • ' - • Derbyshire.,..-20,505 families employed in trade;_ 14,582 in agriculture. : total charge, 90,3861.-75,0681. land, 1,7271. trade. Nottinghamshire.— 21,832 families employed in trade ; 13,664 in agriculture: total charge, 01,3211.-57,6131. land, 2,8621. trade. cheshire.-27,105 families employed in trade; 18,120 in agri culture ; total charge; 117,2121.-89,7961. land, 5,2191. trade. These were counties consider e d chiefly trading. lie would now show the s t a t e o f t h ose w hi c h were more peculiarly agricultural. There were in Essex.-33,206 families employed in agriculture; 17,160 fa milies in•trade : tot a l ch a rg e , 277,0131.-223,4931. in agricul ture, 6,2041. in trade. Kent.-30,169 families employed in agriculture ; 30,130 fa milies in trade : t ota l charge,. 373,7861.-257,9171. in agrieul. ture, 8,2381. in trade. Lincolnshire.--20,081 families employed in agriculture ; 13,184 families in trade : total charge, 1 1 1 3,1171.-166,7601. in agriculture, 4,0671. in trade. Suffolk.--26,405 fatniliet employed in agriculture; 15,180 families in trade; total charge,. 259,7471.--214,6681. in agricul ture, 5,21151. in trade. • Norfolk-31,451 families employed in agriculture ; 23,082 families in trade: total charge, 2412,1541.-224,9771. in agri. culture, 4,295/. in trade. Somentetabire-27,472 families employed in agriculture; 23,732 families in trade : total charge, 1 74,51121.-136,13411. in agriculture; 1,993/. 14s. in trade. Northamptonshire-._15,236,-families ernployed in agricul ture; 12,100 families in trade : t o t a l c h arge , 14 5,5101. in 132,0021. agriculture ; 5001, in trade. Cornwall.-19,302 families employed in agriculture; 15,543 families in trade: total charge, 112,6371.-87,2351. in agricul ture, 2,1901. in trde. Dev:m.-37,037 families employed in agriculture , ; 33,985 families in trade : total charge, 227,4241.-175,4121. in agricul. tune, 2,G231. in trade. After this, it would he difficult to say thatt.he land was not the lntt rest Welt suffered mainly from the poor's rate. Mr. PIIILLI I'S denied , that any safe inference could be drawn from - the return quoted by the lion. Member (Mr. Wodehou Se.) Mr. Alderman troop said that the return, after all,,proyed nothing. If the levy waymade upon the land fur poors-rate, where did the land get Money to pay that levy ? • Where but from the high price which, under the existing laws, it compel led the manufacturer to pay for his, corn The return was then ordered. TURNPIKE: TRUSTS. Lord WlVl' fl lt Mulled for leave to bring in a bill to con solidate certain Turnpike .Trusts in the County of Middlesex. BILI/lERV AT ELECTIONS. On the tittegtion whether this 13111 be read a second 'time being put, Mr.. - WYNN'untlerstood idiot it would be more convenient' to postpone the discussion on this Bill to a further stage. It was a matter of . .intlifference to him, fo r w h enev e r i t came on, he should have an opportunity of urging his objections to It. Lord J..RUSSELI, saitl, it was not for his convenience that the discussion was ..postponed. On the contrary, if the Right honourable lientleniati bad any objections to urge, he would much rather hear them now, as he should wish to take them into consideration, and, if possible, obviate theM on a future occasion. Mr. WYNN had no objection to the discussion taking place now. Lord .r. RUSSELL said, that it would be perfectly conve nient for him to hear the night Bonourahle Gentleman's ob jections DOW. _ 7- AIL' WYNN-46' Objected to it for many reasons. The principle on which the Bill was founded had been found ex ceedingly objeCtionable. lie objected to the mode in which the Noble Lord wished to frame his Committee. The Bill upon that part of . the question merely enabled them to do without an act of Parliament, In fact, all the objects of this Bill might be answered by the powers the House,alreatly pos sessed. There was another provision which he disliked.... The Act provided that an investigation might take place upon any :thing done within six years previous to the pre sentation of the petition. This he thought was too long a retrospect. He objected to the vague manner in which the petitions would be worded. Another thing, there was no penalty affixed for any unfounded charge. Experience ought to show theM the necessity of some such thing. In 1788, it was found necessary to ensct, that any person presenting a frivo. lous petition should pay the whole costs. Now this Bill enacted; that the public should pay the costs of the whole inquiry. Thi s would give rise toe thousand evils, of which they had at pre. sent no idea. The Bill further provided, a Committee of In. quiry; consisting of 14 members. He believed they were to be chosen by lot, and not subject to challenge. Now, it might so happen, that some among the fourteen woOld have some kind of bias, which it would not he proper to risk in an inquiry of that kind. He objected also to nominees being appointed on one side, and nut on the other. Alm.% to the petitioner hiniself, conducting the inquiry. Ile had thrown out these objections toi the consideration of the Noble Lott], and if he could obvi ate them he should be glad of it. In the mean time, he should give the subject his serious consideration, and enter into more minute details in the Conmiittee. . • Alr. WARRE could not see that' he Right lion. Gentleman had any objection to the principle of the measure. The Right lion. Gentleman had objected to the principle of the Cotninittee, but not to the principle of the measure itself. Ile was glad he had heard his objections, as he trusted that, being prepared, his Noble Friend would be apple to obviate them, lie could not agree with the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the law, as it at present stood, was sufficient to prevent the disgraceful practices which this Bill was intended to prevent. He thought the House ought to have a more extended period to hear matters of this kind. 11 the practices he had alluded to could be more easily checked than they were at present, it would be the greatest be nefit they cou ld confer on tine country. P eople talked of a re form being ne cessary In that !House, , but it was affectation to speak at the same time of the corruption of the Alembers of the House, and .the immaculate purity of those that sent them there. The elector* wanted reforming us much as the elected.— (Hear, hear !)—He therefore thought, that if his N o bl e Friend could - devise means by which the electors of some of these rotten boroughs could be punished in terroran, it w ou ld have a most beneficial effect on the rest. The Honourable Gentle. inan concluded by expressing his satisfaction at the Bill being allowed to go into a Committee, where the various objections Mr. LOCKH ART contended' t h at t h e House did not at of the Right lion, Gentleman opposite could be di scussed. Present possess sufficient power to punish bribery, and con curred with the lion. Gentleman who spoke last, that a great deal of gross corrupti on was to be found among electors, espe. cially Corporations. It was not necessary that th e i Bill. should contain any compulsory clause for payment of expences out of. the public purse. That might or might not depend upon the decision of the Committee. Air. II.fOURNEY. thought nothing could be more inexpe dient than to give, it power to that House to inquire, during the whole peliod'of six years, into the particulars attendant upon an election , of Membern to represent it. Mr. N. CALVERT' thought, that where itcould be proved that the electors of any borough had abused their franchise, the borough ought to be deprived of that franchise instanter. Air.. C. W. WYNNexplained. He had ever supported the principle of disfranchising, whenever abuse could be proved; but he was doubt whether the Bill before the House was calculated to - emove or promote the evils it proposed to remedy. Colonel DAVIES reminded the House, that the proof of a single act of corruption. in an i n di v id ua l elector, vitiated the return of the candidate whom he had supported. Would Hon. Members say dint the corruption of an individual should be held as the act of all his fellow electors, and that it should be held su ffi cient to disfranchise the entir e borough ? Mr. W. SMITH supported the Bill, and quoted an ex ample of Banbury, which had taken place almost within his knowledge. The person who had preceded him in the repro sentatiou of that place for which he (111 r. Smith) had sat in that House, before his return for the city which he now represented, had not paid to the electors a sum of 10/. each, which, before his election he had promised them. The consequence had been, that, before any candidate at the succeeding election was put in nomination, he was required (as the sine qua non) to make good the former Member's delimit, by inclosing, in a blank envelope, a 101. note, directed to each elector of that borough. Mr. PEA RSE disapproved of the Bill. Mr. HOBHOUSE did not think the Bill went farenough ; still, being willing to ac ce pt re f orm i n any s h a p e or p or ti on , he would support the measure of his Noble Friend. Ile did not despair, however, of seeing a system of more extensive reform introduced into, and adopted by, that House, at no remotedate. The progress made in education and knoWledge by all classes, rendered it quite impossible that the present state of things should remain unchanged much longer. With reference to .the Bill before the House, he would say, if reform were to be commenced at all, we should.begin by punishing those who pur chased, and not those who sold, seats. The clauses in the Act, so often referred to (Mr. Grenville's Act), went to prevent the interference of Peers in elections for Members of that "House ; than which clause nothing could be more absurd, for that they did interfere was quite notorious. The clause ought, therefore, to be struck out of that Act. The case referred to by the Honourable Member for Norwich, was very far from being singular ; even that distinguished and lamented ge ntleman, the late Air.' Ricardo, had declared that he sat in that House not as the representative of die people, but of a thousand pounds a year. To hear Honourable Gentldmen gravely question the existence of bribery and corruption, reminded him of the say ing of Cicero, who could not conceive how two ugurs, when they met, could refrain from laughing in each other's faces. Mr. F. PALMER supported the motion. Lord J. RUSSELL replied.—lt was notorious that, in anti cipation of the approaching general election, bribery was even at the present M o m en t in full operation in many places and dis. tricts. His lion. Friend the Meniber for Penrhyn (Mr. Pascoe Urenfell) had lately declared, that he would not have any thing further to do with that borough, on account of the practices that prevailed there. Since which, the Solicitor of the Bank (as we understood) had gone down there, in order, probably; to esta blish a connection. He (Lord .1. Russell) had little doubt that some of the new notes of the litink'of England would find their way there before the next general election.' That the Grenville Act required amendment, was'evident, from one fact, namely, that. unless a petition were presented against the return of Member within 14 days from the date of his election, it could not be received, and the corrupt candidate might, after the lapse of that period, pay over to the electors a promis e d b r ib e w i t h. out danger. He hoped, for all the reasons he had stated, that the House would not oppose die motion. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Monday next. MUTINY BILL—MILITARY FLOGGING. The Mutiny Bill having been read a third time, Mr. HUME repe a t e d h is o bj ect i on to t h e system of flogging in our army, and hoped the time was not far distant when the British soldier should be relieved from the liability to a species of punishment which dishonoured him in the eyes of all Europe, and which was only calculated to brutalize. Mr. HOBHOUSE said, although be felt it would be ineffec, tual, he should, nevertheless, oppose the Bill, on account of the power it gave to punish men by flogging. He also was, con vinced the time was not very remote when that cruel system should be abolished'; and iq that expectation,, he was justified by,his knowledge of the yearly increasing numbers of Honour. able Members, who in that House objected to the continuance of that degrading punishinent.--,The Bill wait then passed. The Maoism Alir ery v BILL was read a third time. . and passed.—Th e other Orders of the Day were then diiiposed of, and the house adjourned at a QUARTER PAST ELEVEN O'CLOCK. LIST OF TILE MINORITY Of 47 , who on Friday Evening voted.for Mr. Hume's:Clause° in the Mutiny Act Bill. Allen, J. IL lloneywood, W. P. Russell, Lord J. Brydges, Sir J. Howard, Hon. H. Runibold; C. E. - Blake, Sir F. Hutchinson, Hon. Stuart, -W.- Bernal, Ralph C. 11. Smith, J. Benett, J. Johnion, Col. . Smith, W. Burdett, Sir P. Knight, R. , Sykes, , D: ' Buxton, 'l.'. P. Kaewich, S. T. Sefton, Earl of Broughton, R. Leycester, Ralph Taylor, M. A. Crompton, S. 'Martin, .1. . Wood, Alderman Denison., W. J. Macdonald, J. WhartonoJ, Evans, Wm. M o b er l y , J. Wilson, Sir. R. 'Fergusson,Sirlt. Illaberly, Major Williams; Mr. Gordon, R. Monek, J. B. TELLER: Gurney, Hudson , Nugent, Lord Hume, Joseph . . Guise, Sir W.. Newman, R. W. Graham, Sir S. Ord, W. PATILED OFF. Heron s Sir R. Palmer, C. P. Mottle, Hon. W. Hobbouse, J..C. Rickford, Wm: Tierney,.ll Lila. G. • " That from and after th e p ass i ng o f t hi s Act, it shall not . be lawful to inflict corporal punishment, by stripes or :lasltes, on any soldier serving in time of peace in the army regulated by this Act, in any part of Great Britain or Ireland, notwith standing any law or usage to the contrary." SCOTLAND. CaAm.—While several labourers were em ployed in levelling and' improving a piece of ground on the farm of East Wormistone, in this parish, they discovered a trench, containing 25 rude atone coffinS, with skeletons in them. The spot where they were found is in the neighbour hood, and within view of the place where the battle between the Scots, under King. Constan tine If., and the Danes, is said to have been fought in 847, awl, from its being without the " Dune's Dyke," or entrenchment, (which is still standing, and almost entire), it Is believed they are the graves of some of the Scottish chief tains who may have been killed in battle. If this is the case, it is truly surprising their skele tons should be found, after such a length of time, in a state of almost complete preservation. The coffins were all lying regularly, and the skeletons divided by only a single stone, which formed the side of two coffins. The skeletons also were all lying very regularly in the coffins, except one, whose head seemed to have been resting on his breast ; and, upon comparing the bones with the lengh of the coffin, it is believed the latter must have been too short for the body put into it. It has happened often, as in the case re marked above, that the body was found too long for the grave, so much so, that this seems to have been the general practice. It would be interest- ing to ascertain the position in which the body was plucsd in those cases. If the knees merely were bent, then the bones of the legs ought to be found intermingled ; if the body had been in a sitting position, the bones of the upper extre tnities should be found huddled t oget h er. As there are still many places where similar discove ries are likely to be made, it is to be hoped that such circumstances will be carefully attended to, and made public.—(Scotch Paper.) We regret to learn that the whole of the new arms commissioned for the Scottish Military and Naval Aca demy have gone to the b ottom with the Delight smaek.— (Edmbuigh Courant.) From the LONDON GAZETTE of March 14 Bushey Moine, March 10, 1826. His Royal I/Ighnesi the Duko of (ranee has appointed tig Rev. Henry Joseph Boone Nicholson, to be one of hi Royal Highness's Domestic Chaplains. Crown»Office, March 11 , 1828. Member Returned to serve in this present Parliament. . County of Northumberland---Matthew Bell, ofiVoolsington , in the said County, Esq., In' the room of Charles John Brand. ling, Esq. daceawl. INSOLVENTS. A. Henry, Haydon-square, Alinoriee, merchant. M. J. Turner, Clonmel, Ireland, merchant. BANKRUPTS. S. Merryweather, Longham, flampreston, Doraetshirc, miller, to surrender March 24, at four, 23, and April 25, at eleven, st the ‘ra n l l A p n tol dzn an T d av bo ern ftus l , n N n, ew llo nn le , . , A ttorn i ie;, it Mears , Holtie, ,London• • 1 !Messrs. Durant and %Velch, Poole. „ R. Henesey, Drury-lane, timber,nierchant, March 21, at eleven, 28, and April 25, at ten, at the Court ofCommissioneri Attorney, Mr. Brooking, Lombard.atreet.. J. Cooper, sen, and J. Cooper, jan., Trowbridge, Wiltshire. clothiers, March 'lB, 22, and A pril 25, at one, at die Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Attornies, Air. T: Ti m brell, Trowbridge; and and-Alessra. Egan and Waterinan, Essex-street, Strand, London. W. Ruffell, Lyndhurst, Stintharritton, maltster, March 29, 31, and April 25, at twelve, at the "own Hall, Southampton . Attornies, Mr. Barney, Soatbauipton; and Mr. Roe, Temple Chambers, Fleet-street. %V. Merryweather, Long Aere, Covent-garden, inch-maker, March 18, at nine, April 1, attaen, and 23, at nine, at the Co urt of Commissioners. tiorney, - Mr. Bennett, Verulam.build r ings, Gray's Inn&sqtraire' G. Johnson, King=Stanley, Gloucestershire, wooldiroker , March 18, April I, and 25, at nine, at tho Court of Carols goners. Attoruies, Messrs. Pool, Greenfield, and Galant Gray's Inn-square. , • " H. Sadler and T. Sadler, Oxford, grocers, March 2 2, a t six, 23, and April 25, at eleven, at the Maidenhead Inn, Oxford. Attornies, Meisrs. Philpot and Stone, Southern''' . ton-street, Bloomsbury-square, London; and Air. Rester, Bicester. J. Swindells, Hyde, Chester, grocer, March 27, 28, O a April 25, at eleven, at. the .Star Inn, Manchesitdr. Attornies, Mr. T. Potter, Manchester; and Messrs. Alibi, •and barb London. J. Young; Man cheater, Manchester. warehouseman, March 27, 29, and April 25, at nine, at the Illackfriars Inn, Illaneho. ter. Attornies, Messrs. Hurd and Johnson, Temple, London.; and Mr. Buckley, Manchester. NVar • e, r0 1 p ". 7 i S e l t r o t rs i t , l ew starch irrilt 4 27 2 S. l a i t 'a t r w r e o n , , a n S d t o A ck p p r o i I rt 2 , S C , h a e t s t t e e n r, , caot tho ren Bulkel Anus Inn Stockport. Atte ntive 51r. ac s 'l t 'y o l c e k r r , or. Punipcour y t, Temple, London; and 31 r . Ilarrop, J: .t lf eld, - Rirchd eta, Lancashire, brick-maker, March 2it 28, anti - Aprif . 2s,,lit - one' at White's Hotel, Manchester. At tornies, Sir. W. Norriir,.John-street, Bedford-row, liond °P; and Sir. Heaton, Rochdale. 90, S. Goddard, Briston, Norfolk, innkeeper, March 99 and April 23, at four, Mahe Angel Inn, 14 8 4 ( 011sec, Is" ' wick. Attornies, Mr. Withers, jun. Holt, Norfolk; and r Bridger, Angel-court, 'flrrogrnorton-street, London. nt W. Winsor, Ivybridge, Devonshire" v i ctua ll er , March nine, 29, 29, and April ` 25, at eleven, at die Royal Hotel, Pir o° t Attornies, Mr. S t. ally, Plymouth ; and Mr. J. Blake, Wes Surrey-street, London. ...3rch W. Soper, Buckfastleigh, Devonshire, serge -maker,,,,„ • 27, 28, and April 25, at eleven, at the Town Arms ILA • nes, Devonshire. Attornies, Messrs. Alexander and Q"'' Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, - London ; sad Messrs. Prides" and Farwell, .Totnoss, Devonshire. J. Greenwell and R. Greenwell, Sherbum-mill, Dur hsa/ ' millers, April 3, at seven, 8, and 25, at eleven, at the Wste'T' 100 Inn, Durham. Attornies, Mr. Clennell, Staple DIN lA r don ; and Messrs. &Isles, Durham. S. Arscott, Buckfastleigh,,Devonahire, wool-dealers, 31,11.: 80, . 31, and April 25, at eleven, at the King's Arlutu n ; Buckfastleigh, Devonshire. :/tttornies , Alr. Farrbank, Inn, London ; and Mr. Totness. E. Holland, Cheltenham, grocer, April 4,5, and 2 5 1 at ven, at the White Lion Inn, Bristol. Attornies, Alesar Brillges. and .Upson, Red Lion-square, London; and 31ess Here and Little, Bristol. . Abel l W. P enny , r are b a ai, Southampton, common brewer' ets , 18, 23, and April - 25, at eleven, at the Court of Commis s oo,, Me. Ilolme, Frampton, and Loftus , New 'Donlon. 21. W. F,Day, Hammeraniith, saddler, March 18, a; one, ~s, at two,, and April 25 at, one, at the Court of Commissiont A ttathey , Sir. Lonsdale, Chancery-lane. J. Potts, Denton Hall, Cumberland, drover, 3.lsrcp and April 24, at eleVen, at the King's Arms 0 9 0 0, Attoruies, Mr. Clennell, Staple Inn, Soul, Carlisle. b 25, ne G. Hurt, King's-street, Cheapside, Nitric?, Mares ,ones eleven, April 1, and 25, at ten, at the Court of Conlon ?tr.; Attornies, Messrs. Fisher and Spencer, Walbroobuilding° Walbrook. London; and 3 DIVIDENDS. • UP April 18, G. Ilerbert, Sibbertoft, Neefhon . 'taffordslure, irOo nin-:-April 8, E. Elwell, Westbromwic h, ea a te + founder—April 4, J. Kincaid, Spital.square, "" 4 7 - i t g o . silk manufacturer—April 18 _; C. Laing : WaPPINCAg o oto. filler--April 8; J. -llotson, Old City Cflamb ers ' —4 ifftgiona• street . , merchatit—March 21, J. Woods and 0, hatter'' 'llasturis, Sussex, grocers—April 5, W. Vile, Deal, , April 4, E. Martitt, Pickering, Yorkshire., currier.—APrlierv, E. Kirk, Manchester, cotton merchant —Apyil 8, n av a j, Sedgley, Saffordshire, nail factor— April 5, B. Hatton said Jacksoa,. Ken. Poulton with Fearnhead, Lancashire, Art;ul; ptonshire, salsa boilers—April 17, R. Elmore, Birmingham, corn and dealer—April 6, W. Richardson, norm:aide, Lincolusiirt, maltster—April 12, J. Lavers, Kingsbridge and I.lurkift' Devonshire, woollen manufacturer—April 10..1. Masser,l tailor --April 10.1. Stilbbrn, sen. Bishop Wilton, Y" ks A b lii ," 10, G. Frost, Sheffield, ckeesemonger—April 4, butcher—April 10, J. Kilby, York, common brewer -41P' Little St.,Thomas Apostle, wholesale ham and butterfact° CEKTIFIGATES—A Pit rt. 4. J. Edenborough, T..Chittenden, and T. Bartlett, escOicenlin. street, Cheapside, and Manchester, warehousemen—T. Trowbridge, Wiltshire, clothier—N. 'l'. Ball, 131-anvil , wall, dealer—W. Bates, Oldham, Lancashire, cottori.nlana " turer—A. Harris, Gulstone- square, Whitechapel, merchan,r; R. Marard, hlenh tt Cornwall , and -1. en o , tanner--R. ll ba r land, Savage-gardens, corn-factors—J. Mottram, Bristol, merchant—J. Bloomfield; Fleet-market, innkeeper. J. Hutchinson, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. s , -" J. W. Sharpe and J. B. Rose, Old Bond-street, anetlnnee te G. &C. Heginbothom, Fleur-de-lis- street, Norton-falga 7 tie , dertakers—J. Potts, M. Plummer, and It. Plummer, NwbVire, upon-Tyne, tobacconists--I. 11. and 11. Pitt, Selby. V r „,,' shirr wine-merchants — R. & J. Alangnall, Little Bohm', lia n W et• cotton manufacturers—..A. Donaldson and lin"' lA* J, L. and G. Davis, Barnstaple, Devonshi lane, Cannon street, wine merchants—W. Morrison im„ ke ,„. Brand, Little Russell -street, Covent-garden, pastry 0 " is --G. 3lanis, W. Vickers and J. Cam, Manchesterr and Roar dale, commission agents-S. Hammond, W. E. Ilaromonn, and H. Morris, Little Warner-street, Clerkenwell, drugg i „d /d9 rl. J. Bowes and S. Ktlham, Leeds , flax spinners—O. 4 " - Stothert, Bath, iron founers—G. 11. Fourdrinier and /11.stra., mosnine, Ilrownhills, Staffordshire, paper merchants--on; chan and W. G. Ma tthie, Lime-street—.K.and P aine ''' .l- 014. street, ll'estminster, ginger beer manufacturers --J. ThomPs_,: sen., It. Thompson, J. Thompson, Jun., and W. Thompsu!:,.., Ilarnby-upormhe-3larsh, Howden, tar subs mann facturerli so far as regards the said J. Thompson, jun.--J. Blackwell 01 _ 3 ;11 It. Harwood, linen drapers--J.. Hyde and J. Beswick, Pofr 4 , wood, Cheshire, roller makers—T. Hewitt, J. liewltt,__antl Hewitt, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, painters—R. 11000,T,:::: : and T. 'Wilson', Russell-Mewa, Fitzroy.sque.re, livery staniii, keepers—B. it-hitehouse, ‘Villiarn Montagne, J. James, nn...: 51. Teague, Parkend, Gloucestershire, iron masters—B. Ww , house, IV. Montague, and 31. Teague, Bullo-Pill, Gloucesto:s, timber mrchsn._ shire, coal masters—D. Ilibbert and J. Hibbert,Jewrty 4tr pr ! ' Inn !: 0 wine merchants—W. Austin and S. Tabor, Botolph-lane, arl; ' merchants--W.NeweyandA.S.Geddes,lVolverhampto n, --It. John s on a nd E. Hall, Threadneedle-street,wine merclnts Ewors and S. Ewart, Swallow-street, Piccadilly, ir„f e ._ merchant. .J. Blair, S. Everall, and J. M. Blair, 111anchteln merchants, ao far as regards the said J. Blair—G. Grat!„.7T, F. Cutler, Russell-place, solicitors—C. J. Lbwthor and A. Young_, Snow-hill, dyers—T. Dodd and S. Dodd. Nort h- allerton, Yorkshire. ► grocers—C. Peace and R. Wood, She', l 4o, saw makers—J. Smith, 0. Aloger, and T. Evans, • bankers, so far as regards the said T. Evans—J. Levon an Aspinall, Leeds, cloth merchants. Wit ti irYDROPIJOBIA.---on the ISt February 1 04 dog, in a highly rabid state, ran through Standon , bit way bit a child, named Knight, eight years of s_ge; , i I rec• a child at Fintield Wash, which died . from the effects At w hen Knight has be en qu i te we ll u p to M on d ay eve ning 10 $"Tues. he skewed some sympt m deemed of this dreadful malady;} ° dent 1 ° day those symptoms increased, and it was 1 ro remove the other children from him.